"Hen of the Woods, Kumotake, The Dancing Butterfly Mushroom"
approx. 2,5 kg wood spawn
colonized with mycelium,
recommended to inoculate 1 outdoor bed
dimensions approx. 80 x 80 cm

Fruiting season: late summer / early autumn

Mycorestoration use against:

PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls (cancer-causing chemical chlor compounds– common use: i.e. transformers, capacitors, hydraulic installation s, and as a diluent / softener for lacquer, sealing compounds, insulating and plastic products.)

General procedure:

Mushrooms use strong enymes to decompose primary structural components of wood (lignin and cellulose. The same enzymes can be used to absorb and neutralise heavy metals and toxins, and removing them permanently.

Mycelium (spawn) of a convenient mushroom species is distributed over the contaminated area. Mix the spawn with fresh baic material (i.e. wood chips) and cover the source of toxication extensive.

While the mushroom mycleium grows all over the contaminated soil, toxins are absorbed or decomposed. The mushoom will accumulate this toxins in the fruiting bodies. Therfor please dispose them after harvest. This is the way how you get your garden clear of toxins and heavy metal!

It is very simple to apply a mushroom bed in your garden!
The perfect time is spring, when the temperatures are higher then 0 ° celsius during night. We provide ready colonised wood-chips substrate for inoculation of an outdoor bed. Just mix the spawn with suitable substrate (i.e. wood chips or straw) and keep it wet! It is also possible to use rye grain for outdoor inoculation, but grain attracts to rats, mouse an other animals who eat the whole mycelium.

Depending on the species the first fruiting bodies will appear a few month after inoculation of the substrate. According to species, mushrooms will fruit for a few years, till all nutrients of the wood have been consumed by the fungus. With little luck, the mushroom will settle permanently in your garden.

Growing conditions:
Spawn run: 21 - 24 °C
Primordia formation: 10 – 15 ° C
Fruiting: 13 – 16 ° C

For a perfect yield, the quality of the logs is essential! Please use hardwood (most suitable: oak, poplar, cottonwood, elm, willow, alder).

Learn more about how to built a outdoor mushroom bed in your garden in our instructions - please click here!

Important informations for ordering process of cultures:
Living spawn will only survive a few days during shipping.
Therefor we can only guarantee a perfect quality for shippings with EMS Express Mail Service or DPD Direct Parcle Distribution.

Important information for shippings to any country which is NOT member of the EU:
Please check the import regulations of your country. There may be a quarantine for living cultures. In this case the culture may arrive in a bad quality at your place.